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States side by side, one published metric at a time. Every figure is the named publisher's own; we sort it, we don't score it.
| # | State | per 1,000 live births | Published figure | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bihar | 42 | 42 per 1,000 live births — 2nd highest in India | SRS Bulletin 2022, Registrar General of India; NFHS-5 Bihar Factsheet |
| 2 | Chhattisgarh | 41 | 41 per 1,000 live births — India's highest for large states | SRS Bulletin 2022; NFHS-5 CG Factsheet; CAG NHM CG 2025 |
| 3 | Jharkhand | 40 | 40 per 1,000 live births | SRS Bulletin 2022; NFHS-5 Jharkhand Factsheet |
| 4 | Uttar Pradesh | 38 | 38 per 1,000 live births | Sample Registration System 2022, Registrar General of India |
| 5 | Assam | 36 | 36 per 1,000 live births — above national avg of 27 | SRS Bulletin 2022; NFHS-5 Assam Factsheet |
| 6 | Madhya Pradesh | 35 | 35 per 1,000 live births — 2nd worst among large states | SRS Bulletin 2022, Registrar General of India; CAG Report No. 01 of 2025 — NHM MP |
| 7 | Odisha | 35 | 35 per 1,000 live births | SRS Bulletin 2022, Registrar General; NFHS-5 Odisha Factsheet |
| 8 | Rajasthan | 33 | 33 per 1,000 live births | SRS Bulletin 2022, Registrar General of India; CAG Report No. 04 of 2025 — NHM Rajasthan |
| 9 | Manipur | 32 | 32 per 1,000 live births — above national avg of 27 | SRS Bulletin 2022 |
| 10 | Haryana | 30 | 30 per 1,000 live births | SRS Bulletin 2022, Registrar General; NFHS-5 Haryana Factsheet |
| 11 | Meghalaya | 30 | 30 per 1,000 live births — above national avg of 27 | SRS Bulletin 2022; NFHS-5 Meghalaya Factsheet |
| 12 | Uttarakhand | 28 | 28 per 1,000 live births — above national avg of 27 | SRS Bulletin 2022; NFHS-5 UK Factsheet |
| 13 | Andhra Pradesh | 26 | 26 per 1,000 live births | SRS Bulletin 2022, Registrar General of India; NFHS-5 AP Factsheet |
| 14 | Telangana | 25 | 25 per 1,000 live births — below national avg of 27 | SRS Bulletin 2022, Registrar General; NFHS-5 TS Factsheet |
| 15 | Gujarat | 24 | 24 per 1,000 live births | SRS Bulletin 2022, Office of the Registrar General of India; CAG Report No. 5 of 2024 — Public Health Infrastructure, Gujarat |
| 16 | Punjab | 24 | 24 per 1,000 live births — below national avg of 27 | SRS Bulletin 2022, Registrar General; NFHS-5 Punjab Factsheet |
| 17 | Himachal Pradesh | 22 | 22 per 1,000 live births — well below national avg of 27 | SRS Bulletin 2022; NFHS-5 HP Factsheet |
| 18 | West Bengal | 22 | 22 per 1,000 live births | SRS Bulletin 2022, Office of the Registrar General of India; CAG Report No. 3 of 2024 — Public Health Infrastructure and Management of Health Services, West Bengal |
| 19 | Tripura | 20 | 20 per 1,000 live births — well below national avg of 27 | SRS Bulletin 2022; NFHS-5 Tripura Factsheet |
| 20 | Nagaland | 18 | 18 per 1,000 live births — well below national avg of 27 | SRS Bulletin 2022; NFHS-5 Nagaland Factsheet |
| 21 | Jammu & Kashmir | 17 | 17 per 1,000 live births — significantly below national avg of 27 | SRS Bulletin 2022; NFHS-5 J&K Factsheet |
| 22 | Maharashtra | 17 | 17 per 1,000 live births | SRS Bulletin 2022, Office of the Registrar General of India |
| 23 | Karnataka | 15 | 15 per 1,000 live births | SRS Bulletin 2022, Office of the Registrar General of India |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu | 14 | 14 per 1,000 live births | SRS Bulletin 2022, Office of the Registrar General of India |
| 25 | Delhi (NCT) | 12 | 12 per 1,000 live births | SRS Bulletin 2022, Registrar General of India; NFHS-5 Delhi Factsheet |
| 26 | Puducherry | 11 | 11 per 1,000 live births — India's 5th lowest | SRS Bulletin 2022; NFHS-5 Puducherry Factsheet |
| 27 | Mizoram | 9 | 9 per 1,000 live births — India's 3rd lowest (after Kerala 6 and Goa 8) | SRS Bulletin 2022; NFHS-5 Mizoram Factsheet |
| 28 | Goa | 8 | 8 per 1,000 live births — India's 2nd lowest (after Kerala 6) | SRS Bulletin 2022; NFHS-5 Goa Factsheet |
| 29 | Sikkim | 8 | 8 per 1,000 live births — India's 4th lowest after Kerala (6), Goa (8), Mizoram (9) | SRS Bulletin 2022; NFHS-5 Sikkim Factsheet |
| 30 | Kerala | 6 | 6 per 1,000 live births — India's lowest; comparable to developed countries | SRS Bulletin 2022; NFHS-5 Kerala Factsheet |
Rank and colour both come from the publisher's own figure for the metric chosen above: rank is its sort position, colour is its third of the distribution under the printed rule. A state high or low on one metric may sit elsewhere on the next — there is no combined score.